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Florida: Afternoon Ceremony, Evening Candle Lighting Highlight National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Feb. 7 in Broward

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

February 3, 2012

The Broward County Health Department, the Community Access Center, and other partners will mark National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Feb. 7, with a special gathering in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The commemoration and candle lighting ceremony will take place from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Broward County Main Bus Terminal at Northwest 2nd Street and 1st Avenue. Free rapid HIV testing will be available. For more sites offering free testing, visit www.browardchd.org, or www.preventhivflorida.org/counseling_testing_team.html.

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This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. Visit the CDC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.

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